EP1944398B1 - Procédé et appareil de fabrication d'un tissu tissé renforcé - Google Patents

Procédé et appareil de fabrication d'un tissu tissé renforcé Download PDF

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EP1944398B1
EP1944398B1 EP08004920A EP08004920A EP1944398B1 EP 1944398 B1 EP1944398 B1 EP 1944398B1 EP 08004920 A EP08004920 A EP 08004920A EP 08004920 A EP08004920 A EP 08004920A EP 1944398 B1 EP1944398 B1 EP 1944398B1
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Kiyoshi Homma
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  • the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for manufacturing a reinforcing woven fabric indicating excellent properties for fiber reinforced composite materials and specifically for manufacturing a reinforcing woven fabric using flat reinforcing filamentary yarn.
  • fiber reinforced composite materials particularly, fiber reinforced plastics (hereinafter, referred to as "FRP")
  • FRP fiber reinforced plastics
  • a reinforcing woven fabric formed as a woven fabric using carbon fiber yarn, glass fiber yarn, polyaramide fiber yarn, etc. is frequently used.
  • a carbon fiber woven fabric formed from carbon fibers having a high specific elastic modulus and a high specific strength is usually woven by a common shuttle loom or rapier loom, and it is frequently used as a substrate for reinforcing a composite material such as a carbon fiber reinforced plastic (hereinafter, referred to as " CFRP”) by forming it as a desired shape by combining with a synthetic resin.
  • CFRP carbon fiber reinforced plastic
  • CFRP CFRP
  • JP-A-SHO 58-191244 discloses a thin woven fabric having a thickness of not more than 0.09 mm and a weight of not more than 85 g/m 2 which is woven using a thin and flat carbon fiber filamentary yarn having a large width and a method for manufacturing it.
  • This thin woven fabric has small crimp of weaving threads because of its very small thickness, it indicates a high effect for reinforcement, and it is an excellent substrate for molding a thin CFRP.
  • warps are supplied from a yarn beam on which a required number of carbon fiber filamentary yarns are wound, or warps are supplied from bobbins of carbon fiber filamentary yarns attached to creels while arranged in a form of a sheet, the warps are opened by a heald by turns and a weft is intermittently inserted into the opening by a shuttle or a rapier to form a woven fabric.
  • the method for supplying warps although there are a method for supplying them from a beam and a method for supplying them directly from bobbins as described above, in any method, the following two methods can be applied.
  • One is a method for unwinding a warp by taking off the warp from a bobbin in a direction perpendicular to a rotational axis of the bobbin while rotating the bobbin slowly (unwinding in a radially outer direction)
  • the other is a method for unwinding a warp by taking off the warp from a bobbin in an axial direction of the bobbin (unwinding in an axially outer direction).
  • each mail is formed as a vertically lengthwise shape in order to suppress the interference with warps. Therefore, there is a problem that the flat condition of each warp is broken by a mail and a comb setting a warp density and a woven fabric having a yarn width uniformly enlarged cannot be obtained.
  • JP-A-HEI-2-74645 discloses a method for positively rotating a bobbin wound with a weft by a motor and storing the weft by a length required for its insertion utilizing gravity.
  • EP-A-0589286 discloses a method and apparatus for weaving a fabric from flat carbon fiber yarn that is twist-free and has a specified number of filaments, yarn size, yarn width, yarn thickness and ratio of yarn width to yarn thickness.
  • warp yarns are passed through a comb then twisted 90° before being led to a horizontal guide in order to be supplied to the weaving step at a desired density.
  • FR 2698640 discloses a method and apparatus in which warp threads are conveyed to a weaving loom through a comb.
  • a spreading device in the form of a pneumatic vibrator may optionally be applied to the woven fabric to spread out the threads.
  • JP-B-HEI-5-49023 proposes a method for reinforcing a substrate of woven fabrics by stitching.
  • the weaving threads intersect to each other while having crimps, they are in a condition capable of not easily moving, and the cross sections of the respective threads are converged in a form of an oval by intersection thereof, as aforementioned.
  • the surface of the woven fabric has concavities/convexities caused by crimps of weaving threads and concave portions and convex portions are overlapped to each other when such woven fabrics are stacked, the weaving threads are in a condition where they cannot move at all.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for manufacturing a reinforcing woven fabric which may be both inexpensive and capable of high strength and suitable as a substrate for reinforcing a composite material
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide method and apparatus for manufacturing a reinforcing woven fabric capable of weaving the reinforcing woven fabric without twisting reinforcing filamentary yarns and keeping the yarns in a flat condition even if the yarns are flat reinforcing filamentary yarns having a large size.
  • the invention provides a method for manufacturing a reinforcing woven fabric as defined in the accompanying claim 1 or claim 2.
  • the invention provides an apparatus for manufacturing a reinforcing woven fabric as defined in the accompanying claim 8 or 9.
  • a reinforcing woven fabric obtained by the method of embodiments of the present invention uses as weaving threads flat and substantially nontwisted multifilaments of reinforcing fiber having less than 0.5 wt.% of sizing agent provided thereto and a binding property of 400-800 mm in hook drop value.
  • the hook drop value means a factor indicating a degree of a binding property of a multifilament of reinforcing fiber, and it is indicated by a distance of the free fall drop of a metal hook measured by a measuring apparatus shown in FIGS. 1 (a) to (c) .
  • the multifilament of reinforcing fiber 101 is sampled from the bobbin by a length of 1,000 mm by unwinding in a radially outer direction while the bobbin is rotated, such that the multifilament is not twisted by the unwinding, and the upper end thereof is fixed to the apparatus by an upper clamp 104.
  • the multifilament is fixed by a lower clamp 105 in a vertical direction under a condition where a load of 50 mg/denier is applied to the lower end so that the multifilament is not twisted, the flat condition is not broken and the interval of both cramps is 950 mm.
  • a metal hook 102 of a weight member in which a weight 103 is attached to the the metal hook 102 (diameter of wire: 1 mm, radius: 5 mm) via a cotton yarn 106 (distance from the upper end of the hook 102 to the upper end of the weight 103: 30 mm), is hung at a central portion in the width direction of the multifilament of reinforcing fiber 101 fixed at the upper and lower ends thereof so that the distance from the lower end of the upper cramp to the upper end of the metal hook 102 is 50 mm, and when released from a hand, a distance of the free fall drop of the metal hook 102 (a distance from the above-described 50 mm position to the upper end of the metal hook 102 at the dropped position) is measured.
  • the weights of metal hook 102 and cotton yarn 106 are set as light as possible, and the sum of the weights of the metal hook 102, the cotton yarn 106 and the weight 103, that is, the weight of the weight member, is set to 15 g.
  • the free-fall drop distance in such a case is defined as 900 mm, and the average value is calculated using the defined value.
  • the cotton yarn 106 and the weight 103 do not engage the lower cramp 105 even if the metal hook 102 comes into contact with the cramp, and as a drop condition in such a case is shown in FIG. 1 (c) , it is necessary to define a sufficiently large space below the lower cramp 105.
  • the measurement is performed under a condition of a temperature of 25°C and a relative humidity of 60% after the multifilament of reinforcing fiber sampled from a bobbin is left in an environment of a temperature of 25 °C and a relative humidity of 60% for 24 hours.
  • a multifilament of reinforcing fiber of a woven fabric warp or weft
  • three woven fabrics having a width of 1,000 mm and a length of 1,000 mm are selected, a multifilament of reinforcing fiber is sampled from each woven fabric by a length of 1,000 mm by releasing a warp or a weft so that fluffs are not generated and the released multifilament is not twisted, and the hook drop value is measured by the above-described method.
  • the hook drop value becomes greater, a multifilament of reinforcing fiber is opened and widened more easily. However, if it is too great, formation-maintaining property required for a multifilament becomes poor and weaving to a woven fabric becomes difficult. Therefore, the value has a limit in a greater range.
  • the binding property of a flat multifilament of reinforcing fiber in the present invention is controlled in the range of 400-800 mm in hook drop value.
  • a carbon fiber filamentary yarn is provided with a binding property by blowing air to a fiber bundle of a precursor to entangle filaments of the yarn.
  • a binding property is provided to a carbon fiber filamentary yarn by applying a sizing agent, thereby bonding the filaments.
  • a degree of the binding property is decided by the degree of the entanglement of filaments, the amount of the sizing agent provided or the degree of bonding of filaments due to the sizing agent, if the hook drop value is less than 400 mm and the degree of the binding property is too great, the binding property of carbon fibers becomes too great, and even if weaving threads of a woven fabric are further opened and widened on a weaving machine to process a woven fabric having a great covering factor, the effect due to the processing is hardly obtained.
  • the widths of warps and wefts of a woven fabric are hardly enlarged and voids of a resin tend to be generated concentratively in gaps formed between carbon fiber filamentary yarns. Further, impregnation property of a resin when processed to a prepreg deteriorates, and an FRP with a high performance cannot be obtained. If the hook drop value is more than 800 mm, the binding property of a carbon fiber filamentary yarn becomes poor, fluffs are generated during weaving, and not only the working environment deteriorates but also the strength of an FRP to be obtained decreases.
  • the amount of a provided sizing agent affecting the hook drop value is controlled to be less than 0.5 wt.%, and a preferable amount is in the range of not less than 0.1 wt.% and less than 0.5 wt.%. If the amount of a provided sizing agent is less than 0.1 wt.%, not only the flat condition cannot be maintained but also the binding property of the fibers is low and fluffs are likely to be generated, and therefore the weaving property is likely to deteriorate. On the other hand, if the amount is 0.5 wt.% or more, although the flat condition can be well maintained, the opening property of the fibers decreases, and it is difficult to prepare a woven fabric having a great covering factor.
  • the hook drop value of a multifilament of reinforcing fiber of the reinforcing woven fabric according to the present invention means a hook drop value of a thread released from the woven fabric
  • the hook drop value of a multifilament of reinforcing fiber in the manufacturing method and apparatus according to the present invention means a hook drop value of a yarn to be used.
  • the "substantially nontwisted” means a condition where there is not a twist of not less than one turn per a yarn length of 1 m. Namely, it means a condition of no twist in practice.
  • the weaving thread is twisted, the yarn width becomes small and the thickness of the yarn becomes great at the twisted portion, and concavities and convexities are formed on the surface of a fabric woven.
  • a stress concentrates at the twisted portion when an external force operates, and the strength property becomes nonuniform when formed as, for example, an FRP.
  • a reinforcing woven fabric formed from such a weaving thread having an appropriately flat and nontwisted condition even if the size of the weaving thread is great, and even if the fiber density is great, crimps of the weaving threads at the intersections thereof are suppressed extremely small, and a high strength can be obtained when formed as an FRP or CFRP. Further, because the size of the weaving threads can be increased, the weaving threads, ultimately, a reinforcing woven fabric, can be produced more inexpensively.
  • the crimp can be suppressed extremely small, the unit weight of a woven fabric can be set great, and the covering factor can be controlled to be near 100% while maintaining the flat condition of the weaving threads. Therefore, in an FRP and others, the fiber content can be controlled to be high as well as resin-rich portions between weaving threads can be suppressed extremely small, and a composite having a high strength and a uniform strength property can be obtained.
  • each weaving thread is maintained at a flat condition in the formation of a woven fabric, the property of resin impregnation is extremely good. Therefore, a composite having a further uniform properties can be obtained, and an aimed strength property can be easily obtained.
  • the thickness of the above-described multifilament of reinforcing fiber is in the range of 0.05-0.2 mm and the ratio of width/thickness thereof is in the range of 30-250, preferably more than 150 and not more than 250. If the thickness of the multifilament is less than the above-described range, it is too thin and it is difficult to maintain the flat formation, and if over the above-described range, it is difficult to suppress the crimp small. If the ratio of width/thickness of the multifilament is less than 30, it is difficult to suppress the crimp small. On the other hand, if over 250, the flat condition is likely to be broken during weaving. Further, as the yarn width, a range of about 4-16 mm is suitable for easy weaving.
  • the reinforcing woven fabric can be woven as various formations.
  • Preferred thicknesses and weights of the woven fabrics of respective formations are in the following ranges.
  • the thickness of the woven fabric is in the range of 0.1-0.4 mm, preferably in the range of 0.1-0.2 mm, and the weight of the woven fabric is in the range of 100-300 g/m 2 , preferably in the range of 100-200 g/m 2 (woven fabric-1).
  • the thickness of the woven fabric is in the range 0.07-0.3 mm, and the weight of the woven fabric is in the range of 100-320 g/m 2 (woven fabric-2).
  • the multifilament of reinforcing fiber is a carbon fiber filamentary yarn
  • the number of filaments of the carbon fiber filamentary yarn is in the range of 5,000-24,000, and the size thereof is in the range of 3,000-20,000 deniers.
  • auxiliary yarn in above-described woven fabric-2 preferably a flat weaving thread of thin fibers having a size of not more than 2,000 deniers is used, more preferably in the range of 50-600 deniers. If the size is great, the crimp of the auxiliary yarn becomes great, and if the size is small, it is likely to be cut at the time of weaving or handling.
  • This auxiliary yarn is used for the purpose of holding the parallel-arranged flat weaving threads integrally, and inorganic fibers such as carbon fibers and glass fibers and organic fibers such as polyaramide fibers, vinylon fibers and polyester fibers can be used for the auxiliary yarn, and the kind thereof is not particularly restricted.
  • the thickness of the woven fabric is in the range of 0.1-0.6 mm, and the weight of the woven fabric is in the range of 200-500 g/m 2 (woven fabric-3). Because a flat thread is used, even if a plurality of the threads are laminated in such a condition, the crimp is suppressed small.
  • the fiber density of the woven fabric can be increased by the lamination.
  • the fiber density of the woven fabric is defined by the following equation.
  • Fiber density of woven fabric g / m ⁇ Weight of woven fabric g / m ⁇ / Thickness of woven fabric mm
  • the weight of woven fabric (g/m 2 ) and the thickness of woven fabric (mm) were measured based on JIS-R7602, respectively.
  • a load variation type thickness meter was used, a thickness indicated when a pressure of an area of a pressing plate of 1 cm 2 and a load of 50 kPa (510 gf/cm 2 ) was applied for 20 seconds was measured with the same five test pieces as those used in the measurement of the the weight of woven fabric.
  • the thickness of yarn was measured in a manner similar to the above-described measurement of the thickness of woven fabric.
  • the multifilament of reinforcing fiber is a carbon fiber filamentary yarn
  • the number of filaments of the carbon fiber filamentary yarn is in the range of 3,000-24,000, and the size thereof is in the range of 1,500-20,000 deniers.
  • the reinforcing filamentary yarn is a carbon fiber filamentary yarn
  • the flat carbon fiber filamentary yarn used has a great tensile elongation at break and a high tensile strength at break, and a tensile elongation at break of not less than 1.5%, a tensile strength at break of not less than 200 kg • f/mm 2 and a tensile elastic modulus of not less than 20,000 kg • f/mm 2 are preferred.
  • woven fabrics of various formations are woven in a form of, for example, a plain weave. Further, because a flat weaving thread having a great hook drop value is used and the crimp is suppressed extremely small, a great covering factor can be achieved.
  • the weight of the woven fabric and the size of the carbon fiber filamentary yarn satisfy the following equation, and the covering factor of the woven fabric is in the range of 95-100%, preferably in the range of 98-100%.
  • W k ⁇ D 1 / 2
  • the weight of the woven fabric and the size of the carbon fiber filamentary yarn satisfy the following equation, and the covering factor of the woven fabric is in the range of 95-100%, preferably in the range of 98-100%.
  • W k ⁇ D 1 / 2
  • the weight of the woven fabric and the size of the carbon fiber filamentary yarn satisfy the following equation, and the covering factor of the woven fabric is in the range of 95-100%, preferably in the range of 98-100%.
  • W k ⁇ D 1 / 2
  • the covering factor is less than 95%, a gap between carbon fiber filamentary yarns in which fibers do not exist becomes great, and when formed as a prepreg or a CFRP, not only the gap portion becomes a resin-rich portion but also the resin is charged into this portion in a concentrated condition and voids concentrate therein.
  • a stress is applied to such a prepreg or CFRP, a fracture propagates from the resin-rich portion or the portion concentrated with voids, and such a condition is not preferred.
  • the woven fabric is in a condition of a small skipped pick, that is, a great covering factor.
  • a prepreg or an FRP is formed using such a reinforcing woven fabric having a great covering factor, a uniform formed body can be obtained, and voids are not generated in a resin and nonuniformity of distribution of fibers causing a stress concentration does not occur.
  • a method for making the above-described flat yarn it self, for example, in a process for manufacturing a reinforcing filamentary yarn, a plurality of bundles of reinforcing fibers are widened to a predetermined width by a roller, etc., and they are kept in a flat condition as they are, or the formation thereof may be maintained by a sizing agent, etc., so that they are not returned into an original condition.
  • a sizing agent it is preferred that a small amount of sizing agent of less than 0.5 wt.% is provided to the flat yarn.
  • the hook drop value is great to be 400-800 mm
  • the amount of provided sizing agent is small to be less than 0.5 wt.% and the ratio of width/thickness of the weaving thread is great to be 30-250, there is a case where the formation becomes unstable, for example, the yarn width varies or the weaving threads shift depending on handling.
  • the handling property can be greatly improved by bonding specified portions of the woven fabric, that is, bonding warps and wefts to each other at positions of their intersections.
  • the woven fabric is not always restricted to such a bonded woven fabric, and a usual woven fabric with nonbonding is included.
  • a method for arranging a polymer yarn having a low melting point along a weaving thread of a flat reinforcing filamentary yarn, and after weaving, melting the polymer yarn by a heater, thereby bonding the intersection of weaving threads by the polymer is simple and preferred.
  • a method for disposing the low-melting point polymer yarn at a central portion of the flat reinforcing filamentary yarn in the width direction of the reinforcing filamentary yarn and bonding using it is more preferred.
  • To dispose the low-melting point polymer yarn at a central portion of the flat reinforcing filamentary yarn in the width direction of the reinforcing filamentary yarn, in a case of warp, can be achieved by providing an additional mail to a mail of a heald having a long rectangular shape which is used in the manufacturing process of the woven fabric according to the present invention, at an upper or lower position of the mail and at a central position of the mail in the width direction of the mail, and passing the low-melting point polymer yarn through the additional mail.
  • the low-melting point polymer yarn may be supplied from a guide provided at a position before or after a weft tension providing means (a plate spring tension providing device) used in the manufacturing process of the woven fabric according to the present invention, at a position above a flat reinforcing filamentary yarn supplied as a weft and at a central position of the yarn in the width direction of the yarn.
  • a weft tension providing means a plate spring tension providing device
  • the polymer yarn may be disposed relative to one of warps and wefts in accordance with the purpose of use.
  • the woven fabric manufactured by the present method is processed into a wet prepreg, if the low-melting point polymer yarns are arranged along warps and bonding is performed thereby, the variation of the width of wefts caused by the self-weight of a resin can be suppressed.
  • a yarn of a thermoplastic polymer having a low melting point such as a copolymerized nylon or a polyester having a relatively low melting point can be used.
  • the above reinforcing woven fabric manufactured by the present method is useful as a preform or a prepreg, or an FRP or a CFRP, and it indicates excellent properties as a reinforcing substrate.
  • the preform may be formed by stacking a plurality of the above-described reinforcing woven fabrics and stitching them integrally using a stitch yarn, or by stacking at least one of the above-described reinforcing woven fabrics and another reinforcing woven fabric and stitching them integrally using a stitch yarn.
  • this reinforcing woven fabric since a flat and substantially nontwisted multifilament of reinforcing fiber is used as a weaving thread and the binding property thereof is low (the hook drop value is great), the woven fabric can be easily opened and widened, and even if a needle is pierced, the respective single fibers can escape easily.
  • the arrangement pitch of the weaving threads inevitably becomes great and the thickness of the woven fabric becomes small. Therefore, because the force of constraint at intersections of warps and wefts is small, when a needle having a sharp tip is pierced, the reinforcing filamentary yarn can easily move and escape, and because the reinforcing filamentary yarn is nontwisted and flat and the hook drop value thereof is high, the fibers themselves also can easily move and damage to the fibers does not occur. Further, even if the arrangement pitch of the weaving threads is set great, because the thread is flat and the width thereof is great and the crimp can be suppressed extremely small as aforementioned, a high covering factor of 95-100% can be achieved.
  • a composite material having a high fiber content can be obtained, occurrence of resin-rich portions can be prevented, and a composite having high strength and high elastic modulus can be obtained. Further, because there is no damage to fibers even if stitched, a uniform and high strength property can be ensured.
  • the number of the lamination of the reinforcing woven fabrics can be increased.
  • the upper limit of the thickness of the laminate up to about 10 mm, stitching is possible without damage to needle and fibers of the substrate.
  • the lamination structure of the reinforcing woven fabrics can be freely selected.
  • the weaving threads of the respective reinforcing woven fabrics may be arranged in a same direction to form a unidirectional lamination structure, or a structure including reinforcing woven fabric layers with arrangement directions of weaving threads of 0° /90 ° and reinforcing woven fabric layers with arrangement directions of weaving threads of ⁇ 45° may be constituted.
  • the laminated reinforcing woven fabrics form a quasi-isotropic lamination structure, a further uniform property can be obtained when formed as a composite material.
  • a mirror-symmetry lamination relative to a center in the thickness direction is preferred. In such a condition, a bow is not generated when a cured plate of fiber reinforced plastic is formed.
  • a CFRP whose reinforcing fiber is a carbon fiber is a material having a high anisotropic property, it has a high strength in an axial direction of fiber but the strength and the elastic modulus rapidly decrease in a direction out of the axial direction of fiber. Therefore, when woven fabrics whose fiber directions are 0 ° and 90° and bias cut woven fabrics whose fiber directions are +45 ° and -45 ° are stacked alternately using the carbon fiber woven fabrics, because the properties in the directions of fiber axes of 0 ° , 90° , +45 ° and -45 ° are the same, the FRP has the same strength and elastic modulus in all directions, and in particular, it is suitable as a structural material for an aircraft.
  • the stitching method of a stitch yarn is not particularly restricted, and for example, chain stitch can be employed.
  • a yarn such as a carbon fiber yarn, a glass fiber yarn or a polyaramide fiber yarn can be used, and among these yarns, a yarn having a high tensile elongation at break is preferred. Particularly, it is preferred that the tensile elongation at break of a stitch yarn is greater than the tensile elongation at break of a multifilament of reinforcing fiber used for the reinforcing woven fabric.
  • the size of a stitch yarn is preferably in the range of 200-2,000 deniers although it depends upon the purpose of stitching, and it is preferred that such a stitch yarn is stitched by repeatedly piercing it at a pitch of 5-20 mm. Particularly, in a case where a portion between layers is required to be strengthened, a great size of 1,000-2,000 deniers is preferred, and in a case where a lamination process in molding is required to be simplified, the size of a stitch yarn may be small in the range of 200-600 deniers.
  • the interval of the needles is preferably in the range of about 2-50 mm.
  • the stitching may be performed by a single needle in a condition of linear sewing or curved sewing.
  • any of chain stitching as aforementioned and lock stitching may be employed.
  • the needle preferably has a sharp and thin tip to suppress damage to fibers smaller.
  • the preform obtainable by the present invention is not damaged by a needle and it is an excellent substrate, because single fibers easily moves if the tension of a stitch yarn is high when stitched, the orientation of reinforcing fibers may be disturbed at a pierced portion by the tension.
  • the above-described disturbance of fiber orientation can be prevented by disposing a glass cloth whose texture is hardly deformed or a thin surface mat of glass fiber, or a reinforcing woven fabric substrate according to the present invention in which the warps and the wefts are bonded at their intersections by an adhesive (for example, a low-melting point polymer as aforementioned) as an outermost layer.
  • a prepreg is prepared by impregnating a matrix resin into the aforementioned reinforcing woven fabric obtained by the present invention by an amount of 30-70 wt.%, preferably 35-50 wt.%, more preferably 35 45 wt.%.
  • thermosetting resin such as an epoxy resin, an unsaturated polyester resin, a polyimide resin and a phenolic resin can be used. These thermosetting resins are in a condition of B-stage in a state impregnated into a woven fabric.
  • thermoplastic resin such as a nylon resin, a polyester resin, a polybutylene terephthalate resin, a polyetereterketone (PEEK) resin and a bismaleimide resin also can be used.
  • the matrix resin is a thermosetting resin having a tensile elongation at break in a cured condition of 1.5-10 %, more preferably 3.5-10 %, or a thermoplastic resin having a tensile elongation at break in a solidified condition of 8-200 %.
  • the FRP comprises a reinforcing woven fabric described as aforementioned and a matrix resin of 30-70 wt.%, preferably 35-50 wt.%.
  • a matrix resin a thermosetting resin or a thermoplastic resin similar to that above-described can be used.
  • the tensile elongation at break of the matrix resin is greater than the tensile elongation at break of the multifilament of reinforcing fiber used for the reinforcing woven fabric, and use of a thermosetting resin having a tensile elongation at break of 1.5-10 %, more preferably 3.5-10 %, or a thermoplastic resin having a tensile elongation at break of 8-200 %, is preferred.
  • An FRP using the prepreg can be formed by a known method. It can be formed by stacking a predetermined number of prepregs in a predetermined direction, in a case where the matrix resin is a thermosetting resin, curing the resin under a compressed condition of 4-10 kg/cm 2 while heating at 100-200°C, and in a case where the matrix resin is a thermoplastic resin, heating the resin at a temperature higher than a melting point of the resin under a compressed condition of 7-30 kg/cm 2 , melting the resin and cooling the resin.
  • the reinforcing woven fabric obtainable by the present invention, because a flat multifilament of reinforcing fiber whose hook drop value is high and which is easily opened and widened is used as the weaving thread, in a process for forming an FRP, when a reinforcing substrate such as a woven fabric itself, a prepreg or a preform is set along a mold, the intersecting angle of weaving threads easily varies while the respective weaving threads are maintained in a flat condition and a condition of high fiber density, and the substrate is excellent in draping property. Therefore, the reinforcing substrate including this reinforcing woven fabric can be easily formed in a predetermined shape by, for example, deep drawing without causing enlargement of gaps between threads.
  • the method for manufacturing a reinforcing woven fabric according to the present invention by supplying wefts between a plurality of arranged warps comprises a warp supplying step for using flat and substantially nontwisted multifilaments of reinforcing fiber as at least the warps, keeping the plurality of warps in a condition where the width direction of each warp is substantially in a vertical direction as well as arranging the warps at a predetermined density in the warp arrangement direction, thereafter, converting the width direction of each warp so as to be substantially in a horizontal direction, opening and widening each of the warps on a warp guiding means and introducing the warps into a shed forming means (manufacturing method-1).
  • the warps are opened and widened, for example, by oscillation of the warp guiding means.
  • opening of weaving threads may be added even after weaving the woven fabric.
  • the method for manufacturing a reinforcing woven fabric according to the present invention comprises the steps of weaving a woven fabric using flat and substantially nontwisted multifilaments of reinforcing fiber as at least one of warps and wefts; and thereafter opening and widening the warps and/or wefts of the woven fabric on a woven fabric guiding means (manufacturing method-2).
  • the method for manufacturing a reinforcing woven fabric comprises the steps of (a) a warp supplying step for using flat and substantially nontwisted multifilaments of reinforcing fiber as the warps, keeping the plurality of warps in a condition where the width direction of each warp is substantially in a vertical direction as well as arranging the warps at a predetermined density in the warp arrangement direction, thereafter, converting the width direction of each warp so as to be substantially in a horizontal direction and introducing the warps into a shed forming means; (b) a weft supplying step for using flat and substantially nontwisted multifilaments of reinforcing fiber as the weft, unwinding the weft from a bobbin in a radially outer direction, positioning the weft by a guide means so that the width direction of the weft is substantially in a horizontal direction at a weft supplying position, and while storing the weft between a position of the weft unwinding
  • the warps and/or wefts are opened and widened, for example, by oscillation of said woven fabric guiding means.
  • the warps and/or wefts are opened and widened by a fluid injected from a fluid injection means. If the fluid injection means is oscilated in a direction along the surface of the woven fabric, an advantage due to the opening and widening can be further increased. Namely, a woven fabric having a great covering factor can be obtained.
  • a reinforcing woven fabric in which the binding property of the multifilaments of reinforcing fiber is in the range of 400-800 mm in hook drop value can be obtained by the above-described respective manufacturing methods.
  • the thickness of the multifilament of reinforcing fiber is in the range of 0.05-0.2 mm and the ratio of width/thickness thereof is in the range of 30-250.
  • the multifilament of reinforcing fiber is a carbon fiber filamentary yarn, it is preferred that less than 0.5 wt.% of sizing agent is provided to the reinforcing woven fabric.
  • the apparatus for manufacturing a reinforcing woven fabric according to the present invention has means for supplying warps, the warp supplying means comprises:
  • the apparatus for manufacturing a reinforcing woven fabric comprises means for opening and widening warps and/or wefts of a woven fabric, the woven fabric being woven using flat and substantially nontwisted multifilaments of reinforcing fiber as at least one of the warps and wefts (manufacturing apparatus-2).
  • the apparatus for manufacturing a reinforcing woven fabric according to the present invention includes:
  • means for opening and widening warps before weaving for example, means added with a mechanism for oscilating the above-described guide in the warp arrangement direction can be employed.
  • opening and widening means after weaving means for oscilating a woven fabric guiding means in the warp arrangement direction or a fluid injection means for injecting a fluid (for example, air, water or steam) for opening and widening can be employed.
  • the above-described multifilament of reinforcing fiber is, for example, a carbon fiber filamentary yarn.
  • the aforementioned reinforcing woven fabric according to the present invention because a flat and substantially nontwisted multifilament of reinforcing fiber having a hook drop value in the specified range is used as the weaving thread, even if a weaving thread having a great size is used, a woven fabric which is thin and of which crimp of the weaving thread is very small can be formed, and a reinforcing substrate for a composite material low in cost and capable of indicating a high strength can be obtained.
  • the preform formed using this reinforcing woven fabric and stitched using a stitch yarn becomes a reinforcing substrate for a composite material in which there is no damage to fibers and which can uniformly indicate a high strength to be aimed.
  • the above-described reinforcing woven fabric to be aimed can be surely woven in a condition where the filamentary yarn is not twisted and maintained in a flat condition,
  • FIGS. 2-6 show an apparatus for manufacturing a reinforcing woven fabric according to an embodiment of the present invention, and they depict an apparatus for weaving a carbon fiber reinforcing woven fabric using weaving threads comprising carbon fiber filamentary yarns.
  • This apparatus has a bobbin 1, a take-off roller 3, a tension providing mechanism 4, guide rollers 5-7, a plate spring tension providing mechanism 8, a pressing plate guide 9 and a rapier 11 as a weft supplying apparatus, and creels 20, a comb 21, a horizontal guide 22, healds 23 and a reed 24 as a warp supplying apparatus.
  • a weft Twf which is a flat carbon fiber multifilament formed from many carbon fibers is wound on bobbin 1, the weft Twf is guided to take-off roller 3 through a tension roller 2, and it is unwound from the bobbin in a radially outer direction at a constant speed by rotation of the take-off roller 3.
  • tension roller 2 is located at an upper position when the weft Twf is unwound from the bobbin 1, and when the rotation of take-off roller 3 is stopped, it is lowered automatically to a lower position as well as the rotation by inertia of the bobbin 1 is stopped by operation of a brake. Further, take-off roller 3 rotates in accordance with the operation of a main shaft 26 of this weaving machine, and the main shaft 26 is rotated by a driving motor 25.
  • the speed of unwinding of the weft Twf that is, the surface speed of the take-off roller 3, can be easily decided if the rotational speed (rpm) of the weaving machine and the length of the weft necessary for one rotation are determined.
  • the carbon fiber multifilament forming the weft Twf or a warp Twr has a number of carbon fiber filaments of 5,000-24,000, is substantially nontwisted, has a hook drop value of 400-800 mm, and it is wound on the bobbin 1 or bobbins 20a and 20b of creels 20 described later each formed as a tubular pipe at a predetermined width of traversing while kept in a flat formation by, for example, a sizing agent in advance.
  • the carbon fiber multifilament As the carbon fiber multifilament, a multifilament having a size of 3,000-20,000 deniers, a yarn width of 4-16 mm, a thickness of 0.05-0.2 mm and a ratio of yarn width/yarn thickness of 30-250 is used.
  • a unit carbon fiber filamentary yarn nontwisted and having a hook drop value of 400-800 mm, a number of carbon fiber filaments of 3,000-24,000, a size of 1,500-20,000 deniers, a yarn width of 4-16 mm, a thickness of 0.05-0.2 mm and a ratio of yarn width/yarn thickness of 30-250 is used.
  • the weft Twf taken off from take-off roller 3 passes through a guide 4a of tension providing mechanism 4 and it is guided by a horizontal guide roller 5, a vertical guide roller 6 and a horizontal guide roller 7 and introduced into plate spring tension providing mechanism 8.
  • the diameter is in the range of about 10-20 mm, the length is in the range of about 100-300 mm and a rotation system enclosing bearings is employed. If the diameter is too small, the carbon fiber multifilament forming the weft Twf is bent and cutting of single fibers is liable to occur, and if the diameter is over 20 mm, the inertia of rotation thereof becomes great and tension variation at starting and stopping becomes great.
  • a length is required wherein the passing weft Twf does not come into contact with a portion supporting any of the guide rollers 5-7 even if the weft moves in left and right-hand directions or in a vertical direction. If the weft Twf comes into contact with a portion supporting any of the guide rollers 5-7, the flat condition thereof is broken.
  • the horizontal guide rollers 5 and 7 positions the guided weft Twf in a vertical direction
  • the vertical guide roller 6 positions the weft Twf in a horizontal direction. Therefore, as the guide rollers, at least a horizontal guide roller and a vertical guide roller may be disposed alternately.
  • the flat surface of the weft Twf must be turned at an angle of 90 degrees between the horizontal guide roller 5 and the vertical guide roller 6 and between the vertical guide roller 6 and the horizontal guide roller 7. Therefore, the distances between guide rollers 5 and 6 and between guide rollers 6 and 7 must be set not less than 50 mm although the dimension is different depending upon the width of the weft Twf. If the distance between guide rollers is less than 50 mm, the weft Twf passes the vertical guide roller 6 or the horizontal guide roller 7 in a condition where the weft is twisted, and such a weft is woven. Further, if the weft is turned at an angle of 90 degrees in a short passage, a tension is applied to both width end portions of the weaving thread and fluffs are generated.
  • the respective guide rollers 5-7 may be formed from a single roller, if the respective rollers are formed by a couple of rollers and the weft is passed through the couple of rollers at an S-passage, the tension operated on the weft Twf is stabilized, and the positioning of the weft Twf can be performed more appropriately.
  • the tension providing mechanism 4 when the weft Twf is inserted intermittently by a rapier as described later, a looseness of the weft Twf, which is unwound by take-off roller 3 at a constant speed, between the take-off roller 3 and the horizontal guide roller 5 is absorbed by a spring 4b, and the weft Twf is always tensed. If the weft Twf is not tensed by spring 4b, the weft is twisted when it is loosened, and the twisted weft passes through the guide rollers 5-7 and is woven.
  • the guide 4a attached to the lower end of the spring 4b is extended in a horizontal direction so that the flat surface of the carbon fiber filamentary yarn is guided at a horizontal condition.
  • a tension providing mechanism 8 for controlling the tension of the weft Twf uniform is disposed at a position downstream of the horizontal guide roller 7 for the weft Twf.
  • This tension providing mechanism 8 maintains the tension of the weft Twf uniform by nipping the weft Twf with two wide plate springs 8a and 8b.
  • the yarn path of the weft Twf may vary by a variation of tension or an operation for engaging the weft to rapier 11. Therefore, it is required that there is no object interfering with the edge of the weft Twf even if the weft moves in its width direction, and for such a requirement, the tension providing mechanism 8 having wide plate springs 8a and 8b is used.
  • the width of the plate spring 8a and 8b may be a value of not less than 5 times of the yarn width of the weft Twf.
  • the pressing plate guide 9 is disposed at a position of downstream side of the yarn path of the weft Twf in the plate spring tension providing mechanism 8, and it is a plate on which a V-shaped guide surface 9a is formed at its tip portion.
  • This guide 9 operates in accordance with the yarn supply to rapier 11, and it is driven in a frontward/rearward direction shown by an arrow in FIG. 2 utilizing a cam mechanism transmitted with the rotation of the weaving machine.
  • a yarn end holding guide 10 is disposed at a position downstream of the pressing plate guide 9.
  • the yarn end holding guide 10 comprises a L-shaped receiving member 10a and a pressing member 10b driven in a vertical direction by driving means which is not shown.
  • This guide 10 holds a yarn end until the yarn supply of the weft Twf to rapier 11 is completed, by moving the pressing member 10b downwardly and pressing the weft Twf onto the receiving member 10a.
  • the weft Twf moves downward by a condition where the pressing plate guide 9 is moved in the arrow direction and the flat surface of the weft is guided by an inclined guide surface of the V-shaped guide surface 9a, as well as the the yarn end holding guide 10 is also moved downwardly, the weft crosses the tip portion of rapier 11 without breakage of the flat condition, and as a result, as shown in FIG. 6 , the weft is engaged to a claw 11a of the rapier 11 in a good condition.
  • the weft Twf is held by the yarn end holding guide 10 and a yarn supply guide having a guide hole such that the weft Twf obliquely crosses the rapier 11, and when the rapier 11 reaches a yarn supply position, both guides are moved downwardly to engage the weft Twf to the claw 11a of the rapier 11.
  • the pressing plate guide 9 is provided between the plate spring tension providing mechanism 8 and the yarn end holding guide 10, and at the time of yarn supply to rapier 11, the yarn end holding guide 10 is moved downwardly as well as the pressing plate guide 9 is proceeded, whereby the weft Twf is pressed in a direction rearward of the weaving machine so that the weft crosses the rapier 11.
  • the rapier 11 moves in the right-hand direction in FIG. 2 , the weft Twf is engaged to claw 11a of the tip portion of the rapier 11, and the weft is held by being pressed by the pressing member 11b.
  • the rapier 11 is a lengthwise member disposed near a reed 24 described later, and it operates intermittently in the left and right-hand directions to insert the weft Twf between many warps Twr.
  • the rapier 11 operates intermittently by a driving force from a driving motor 25 transmitted via a link mechanism 27 having arms 27a-27d.
  • claw 11a for engaging the flat weft Twf is provided at its tip portion, and pressing member 11b is attached near the claw 11a.
  • the weft Twf wound on the bobbin 1 is unwound by take-off roller 3 at a constant speed, and a looseness caused when the weft is inserted intermittently by the rapier 11 can be absorbed by spring 4b of tension providing mechanism 4.
  • the weft Twf unwound from bobbin 1 in a radially outer direction is guided by guide rollers 5-7, while the weft is maintained in a condition of a uniform tension by plate spring tension providing mechanism 8, the weft is engaged to claw 11a of the rapier 11 by the cooperation of pressing plat guide 9 and yarn end holding guide 10, and the weft is inserted between many warps Twr shown in FIG. 2 . Therefore, the weft Twf comprising a carbon fiber multifilament is not twisted and the flat condition is not broken, and the weft is woven while maintained in such a good condition.
  • the unwinding speed of the warp Twr from the bobbin 20a is extremely low as compared with that of the weft Twf, and it may be a constant speed, and therefore, the bobbin 20a may be a bobbin having a weak brake.
  • a plurality of members each having a plurality of vertically extending wires 21b arranged between supporting frames 21a and 21b disposed at upper and lower positions at the same interval as that of the warps Twr, are connected to each other, and the comb positions many warps Twr along a horizontal direction by passing each warp Twr through a position between the wires 21b and 21b one by one to control the arrangement density of the warps Twr to a desired density.
  • the wires 21b must have an appropriate length so that the flat warps Twr supplied from bobbins 20a and 20b do not come into contact with the supporting frames 21a and 21a and the flat surfaces of the warps Twr come into contact only with the wires 21b. If the length of the wires 21b is less than a predetermined length, the flat condition of the warps Twr is broken. Although the optimum length of the wires 21b is determined by the distances from the creels 20 to the comb 21 and to the horizontal guide 22, it is required to be a length of about 300 mm.
  • the horizontal guide 22 has two guide bars 22a, and regulates the position of the warps Twr in a vertical direction by winding the warps Twr unwound from bobbins 20a in a condition of S-passage.
  • the flat surface of each warp Twr must be turned at an angle of 90 degrees between the comb 21 and the horizontal guide 22 so that the width direction of the warp Twr is substantially along a horizontal direction. Therefore, the distance between the comb 21 and the horizontal guide 22 is required to be not less than 50 mm although it varies depending on the width of the warp Twr. If the distance between the comb 21 and the horizontal guide 22 is less than 50 mm, the warp Twr passes through the guide 22 while twisted and the warp with such a condition is woven.
  • the warps Twr can be opened and widened by oscilating one guide bar among the plurality of horizontal guide bars 22a in a horizontal direction (in a direction shown by an arrow in FIG. 2 ). Since a length difference of yarn between the inner and outer surfaces of each flat warp Twr contacting the guide bars 22a is generated by winding the flat warp Twr on the guide bars 22a at a condition of S-passage and the fibers of the inner surface is loosened and the fibers of the outer surface is stretched, the warp can be opened and the width thereof can be enlarged by oscilating the warp in a horizontal direction, that is, in the width direction of the warp.
  • the diameter of the guide bar 22a is as small as possible to increase the length difference of yarn between the inner and outer surfaces of the warp, because the stiffness is also required for the guide bar, in a case of a steel bar, the diameter is preferably in the range of about 15-40 mm.
  • the oscillation speed of the guide bar 22a is preferably in the range of about 0.5-10 times/sec., and the amount of the oscillation is preferably in the range of about 3-10 mm. If the oscillation speed is over 10 times/sec. and the amount of the oscillation is over 10 mm, the carbon fibers are scrubbed by the guide bar 22a and fluffs are generated, and such a condition is not preferred. On the other hand, if the oscillation speed is less than 0.5 time/sec. and the amount of the oscillation is less than 3 mm, the warp Twr is not sufficiently opened and widened.
  • the respective guide bars 22a are separated from each other at an appropriate distance so as to prevent generation of fluffs caused by nipping the woven fabric by these guide bars 22a.
  • the horizontal guide bars 22a comprise two bars
  • two bars may be both oscilated so that the respective bars are moved in directions contrary to each other.
  • a central bar may be oscilated, or three bars may be oscilated so that the other two bars are moved in a reverse direction to the oscillation direction of the central bar.
  • these guide bars may be rotated by the running of the warps, or may be stopped in rotation.
  • the guide bars 22a have both the function of regulating the vertical position of the warps Twr and the function of opening and widening the warps Twr by oscillation in the above explanation, it may be constituted that a guide bar 22a for regulating the vertical position of the warps Twr and another guide bar disposed between this guide bar 22a and the heald 23 for opening and widening the warps Twr by oscillation are provided separately.
  • the heald 23 is disposed for each of the warps Twr, it guides each warp Twr positioned by the horizontal guide 22 in a vertical direction to the reed 24, it is driven in a vertical direction by a driving means which is not shown in the figure, and it forms a shed between the warps Twr present downstream of the reed 24 into which the weft Twf is inserted.
  • the mail 23a of the heald 23 is formed as a long shape in a horizontal direction, and the length of the mail 23a in the horizontal direction is set to be the same length as the width of the carbon fiber multifilament yarn used as the warp Twr or slightly greater.
  • the shape of the mail 23a is preferably a rectangle or a long oval.
  • the reed 24 arranges many warps Twr unwound from bobbins 20a attached to creels 20 at a predetermined arrangement density as well as presses the weft Twf inserted into the shed to the cloth fell, and in the reed, many dents of reed 24b are disposed in a frame 24a in a vertical direction.
  • the reed 24 is reciprocated in a direction shown by an arrow in FIG. 4 of the running direction of the warps Twr by a cam 28 to which the rotation of a driving motor 25 is transmitted, and by such an operation, the weft Twf is pressed to the cloth fell.
  • the tension of the warps Twr is set as low as possible. This is because, even if the position of the warp Twr guided by heald 23 slightly shifts in a horizontal direction and comes into contact with reed 24, the flat condition of the warp Twr controlled at a low tension is not broken, and even if the position of the warp Twr shifts by shaking of the heald 23 and the warp Twr is put aside relative to the mail 23a, the flat condition is not broken.
  • the warps Twr are arranged at a predetermined density, and the weft Twf sent from the weft supplying apparatus is pressed to the cloth fell to weave a carbon fiber reinforcing woven fabric.
  • the warps Twr are unwound in a radially outer direction from many bobbins 20a attached to creels 20, respectively.
  • Each warp Twr is positioned by comb 21 in a horizontal direction, and thereafter, 90° turn is provided thereto and it is introduced into horizontal guide 22.
  • the weft Twf is inserted between the warps Twr by the intermittent operation of rapier 11, the inserted weft Twf is pressed to the cloth fell by the reed 24, and as shown in FIG. 2 , a carbon fiber reinforcing woven fabric is being woven.
  • the wefts Twf are arranged at an identical interval to form a sheet, and a stable weaving becomes possible.
  • At least one of the warp Twr and the weft Twf is a flat and substantially nontwisted carbon fiber multifilament, the weft Twf is inserted between the arranged warps Twr, the inserted weft Twf is pressed to the cloth fell by the reed 24, a carbon fiber reinforcing woven fabric is woven, and the woven fabric is taken off by a winding roll 30 and wound on a cross beam 31.
  • Small-diameter rollers 32a and 32b (woven fabric guiding means 32) is attached between the winding roll 30 and the cross beam 31 in parallel to the surface of the woven fabric, the woven fabric is wound on the small-diameter rollers 32a and 32b at a condition of S-passage, and the small-diameter rollers are oscilated in a direction along the surface of the woven fabric to provide an oscilating motion to the woven fabric.
  • the oscilated small-diameter rollers it is required that at least one roller is provided, and in a case of one small-diameter roller, guide bars are provided before and after the small-diameter roller and the woven fabric is wound on the roller at an S-passage condition, the small-diameter roller is oscilated to give an oscilating motion to the woven fabric, and thereby the warps Twr and the wefts Twf can be opened and widened.
  • a length difference of yarn is generated between the inner and outer surfaces of the weaving thread contacting the roller by winding the woven fabric on the small-diameter roller at an S-passage condition, the fibers on the inner surface are loosened and the fibers on the outer surface are stretched, and therefore, by oscilating the woven fabric at such a condition, the warps Twr and the wefts Twf of the woven fabric are opened and widened.
  • the diameter of the small-diameter roller is as small as possible to increase the length difference of yarn between the inner and outer surfaces of the warp, because the stiffness is also required for the roller, in a case of a steel roller, the diameter is preferably in the range of about 15-40 mm.
  • the oscillation speed of the small-diameter roller is preferably in the range of about 0.5-10 times/sec., and the amount of the oscillation is preferably in the range of about 3-10 mm. If the oscillation speed is over 10 times/sec. and the amount of the oscillation is over 10 mm, the carbon fibers are scrubbed by the small-diameter roller and fluffs are generated, and such a condition is not preferred. On the other hand, if the oscillation speed is less than 0.5 time/sec. and the amount of the oscillation is less than 3 mm, the weaving threads are not sufficiently opened and widened.
  • a condition where the small-diameter rollers 32a and 32b are attached in parallel to the surface of the woven fabric and in a direction in which the weft Twf extends is particularly effective for opening and widening of the warps Twr. Further, if the small-diameter rollers are attached in parallel to the surface of the woven fabric and in a direction oblique relative to the weft Twf, for example, in a 45 ° direction, it can be done to open and widen the warps Twr and the wefts Twf simultaneously.
  • the respective small-diameter rollers 32a and 32b or guide bars are provided at a separate condition.
  • two small-diameter rollers one is fixed in oscilating motion and the other is oscilated.
  • two small-diameter rollers may be both oscilated so that the respective rollers are moved in directions contrary to each other.
  • a central small-diameter roller may be oscilated, or three rollers may be all oscilated so that the other two rollers are moved in a reverse direction to the oscillation direction of the central roller. Further, if these small-diameter rollers can be rotated by the running of the woven fabric, a disturbance of the texture of the woven fabric does not occur, and it is preferred.
  • a nozzle device 33 having many nozzle holes arranged along the surface of the woven fabric is attached between the cloth fell and the winding roll 30 or between the winding roll 30 and the cross beam 31, and the warps Twr and the wefts Twf of the woven fabric can be opened and widened by injecting a fluid therefrom.
  • the fluid may be air or water, in a case of air, because the mass of the fluid is small, in order to increase the effect for opening and widening it is required to inject the fluid by approaching the nozzle holes to the surface of the woven fabric as near as possible.
  • the preferred distance is in the range of about 1-5 mm, and if approached too near the woven fabric, the nozzle device 33 may come into contact with the woven fabric at the time of variation of tension during weaving or operation for recovering a trouble, and such a condition is not preferred. If the distance is over 5 mm, the pressure of air reduces before reaching the surface of the woven fabric and the function for opening and widening decreases.
  • the diameter of the nozzle holes is in the range of about 0.1-0.7 mm
  • the pitch thereof is in the range of about 2-10 mm
  • the injection pressure of the fluid is in the range of about 4-15 kg/cm 2 .
  • the diameter of the nozzle holes is in the range of about 0.05-0.5 mm
  • the pitch thereof is in the range of about 0.5-5 mm
  • the injection pressure of the fluid is in the range of about 2-6 kg/cm 2 .
  • the distance from the surface of the woven fabric to the nozzle holes is not necessary to be set so small because the mass of water is great as compared with that of air, and it may be set in the range of about 5-30 cm.
  • the nozzle device 33 By fixing the nozzle device 33 whose nozzles are arranged in the weft arrangement direction and injecting a fluid therefrom, particularly the wefts of the woven fabric can be opened and widened. Further, if the nozzle device 33 is oscilated in the weft arrangement direction, the warps Twr and the wefts Twf of the woven fabric are simultaneously opened and widened and such a condition is effective. In such a case, the oscillation speed is in the range of about 1-30 times/sec., and the amount of the oscillation is in the range of about 3-20 mm.
  • a wire mesh may be provided at a position opposite to the position of the nozzle relative to the woven fabric and the woven fabric may be brought into contact with the wire mesh, thereby maintaining the distance between the nozzle and the woven fabric.
  • a roll having slits may be provided instead of the wire mesh and the injected fluid may be passed through the slits.
  • condition of a sizing agent affects the warps or the opening condition of the warps and wefts of the woven fabric
  • the sizing agent is softened and the bonding between the filaments of reinforcing fiber becomes weak, and therefore, the opening effect can be further increased and a woven fabric having a great covering factor can be obtained.
  • the oscillation method using small-diameter rollers or the fluid injection method using nozzles may be applied individually, these methods can be together applied in the present invention. Further, in the above-described opening and widening of the weaving threads of the woven fabric, although it has been explained as to a case where it is performed in a condition of on-line of the weaving machine, it may be done in another process after the woven fabric has been formed on the weaving machine.
  • the hook drop values of warps and wefts may be in the range of 400-800 mm.
  • a woven fabric is formed using warps and/or wefts which are nontwisted and flat carbon fiber multifilaments having a hook drop.value of 400-800 mm, because it is easily opened and widened by oscillation or fluid injection, the effect for opening and widening the warps and/or wefts can be further increased.
  • warps and wefts comprising flat and substantially nontwisted carbon fiber multifilaments having a great size and a hook drop value in the specified range are woven as a thin reinforcing woven fabric having a uniform fiber density while maintaining the flat condition.
  • a woven fabric as shown in FIG. 8 , almost no crimp appears at the intersections of warps Twr and wefts Twf.
  • FIG. 8 shows an enlarged section of a carbon fiber woven fabric, and the carbon fiber filamentary yarns forming the warps and wefts are shown exaggeratedly and schematically as compared with the actual ones.
  • the weaving using warps and wefts formed by laminating a plurality of unit carbon fiber filamentary yarns is performed as follows.
  • two or three bobbins 1 are prepared, a weft Twf unwound from each bobbin 1 is used as a unit carbon fiber filamentary yarn, and after two or three wefts Twf are guided to take-off roller 3 so that they are laminated on the take-off roller 3, the laminated weft is introduced from tension providing mechanism 4 into plate spring tension providing mechanism 8. Then, by inserting the laminated weft Twf between many warps Twr using rapier 11, the laminated weft Twf can be inserted between the warps Twr without breaking the flat condition.
  • the unit carbon fiber filamentary yarns unwound from two or three bobbins 20a are laminated to form each warp Twr, and after the laminated warps Twr are passed between and through wires 21b and 21b of comb 21, they are introduced into portions between dents 24b and 24b of reed 24 through heald 23.
  • the lamination structure can be formed as various formations.
  • the warps Twr each formed by two laminated yarns and the warps Twr each formed as a single layer yarn can be mixed, and as shown in FIG. 11 , the warp Twr can be formed by three or more laminated yarns.
  • crimp can be suppressed extremely small.
  • FIG. 12 shows an example of such a bonded reinforcing woven fabric 35.
  • low-melting point polymer yarns 38 are disposed in parallel to the warps 36, the low-melting point polymer yarns 38 are controlled in a condition extending intermittently by heating, and the warps 36 and the wefts 37 are bonded at their intersections by the low-melting point polymer.
  • the reinforcing woven fabric according to the present invention manufactured in the above-described manner is served to forming of various preforms, prepregs and FRPS.
  • FIG. 13 shows a part of a preform
  • the preform has four bidirectional carbon fiber woven fabrics 41-44 as woven fabric substrates, and these woven fabrics are stacked in a layer condition.
  • the woven fabrics 41 and 44 and the woven fabrics 42 and 43 are disposed so that the thread directions are the same, respectively, the thread directions of the woven fabrics 41 and 44 and the woven fabrics 42 and 43 are changed by an angle of 45 ° , and these woven fabrics are disposed so as to be in a mirror symmetry relative to a center of the stacked woven fabrics in the thickness direction.
  • the weaving threads of the woven fabrics comprise a carbon fiber filamentary yarn having a hook drop value of 400-800 mm.
  • the numeral 45 indicates a stitch yarn stitched by chain stitch, and it is formed by two ply yarn. This stitch yarn 45 is stitched by being repeatedly pierced through the stacked woven fabric substrates 41-44 disposed in a layer condition in the thickness direction of the stacked substrates.
  • the woven fabrics forming reinforcing substrates are thin woven fabrics having a great interval of weaving threads, the force of constraint at the intersections of the warps and wefts is weak, the hook drop value of the weaving thread itself is not less than 400 mm and the carbon fibers can move easily, there is no damage to fibers when stitched, and a substrate capable of manufacturing an excellent fiber reinforced plastic indicating high strength and elastic modulus of carbon fibers can be realized.
  • a carbon fiber reinforcing woven fabric according to the present invention was woven by the following manufacturing method and apparatus according to the present invention while opening and widening the warps and wefts.
  • each warp 100 flat warps were unwound from creels in a radially outer direction so that they were not twisted, the width direction of each warp was converted into a vertical direction by bringing the warps into contact with wires of a comb, after arranging them at a arrangement density of 1.0 warp/cm, they were wound on two steel guide bars each having a diameter of 27 mm at a condition of S-passage, and the width direction of each warp was converted into a horizontal direction.
  • the warps were opened and widened by oscilating one of the guide bars in a horizontal direction at an amount of oscillation of 5 mm and an oscillation speed of 5 times/sec.
  • the respective warps were passed through mails lengthwise in a horizontal direction and arranged at a density of 1.0 mail/cm which was provided in a heald, then through a reed, and the opened and widened flat warps were introduced into a shed.
  • a weft was unwound from a bobbin in a radially outer direction by a take-off roller at a constant speed, and the weft was guided through a guide of a tension providing mechanism to a horizontal guide roller, a vertical guide roller and a horizontal guide roller such that the flat condition of the weft was not broken.
  • a shed was formed by the vertical motion of the heald, the weft was inserted into the shed while holding the weft by a rapier to weave a woven fabric, the woven fabric was wound onto a winding roll, then the woven fabric was passed through two steel small-diameter rollers each having a diameter of 27 mm at a condition of S-passage, and the warps and wefts of the woven fabric were opened and widened by oscilating one of the small-diameter rollers at an amount of oscillation of 5 mm and an oscillation speed of 10 times/sec. in a horizontal direction.
  • the warps and wefts of the woven fabric were further opened and widened by oscilating a nozzle device (diameter of nozzle hole: 0.3 mm, nozzle pitch: 5 mm), which was provided at a position of 2 mm from the surface of the woven fabric, at an amount of oscillation of 5 mm and an oscillation speed of 5 times/sec. in a direction along the wefts and injecting air jet from the nozzle at an injection pressure of 7 kg/cm 2 , and thereafter the woven fabric was wound on a cross beam to prepare a carbon fiber reinforcing woven fabric according to the present invention.
  • the flat condition of the weft was disturbed when the weft was inserted into the shed because the amount of the sizing agent provided to the carbon fiber filamentary yarn was small, it could be sufficiently widened by injecting the air jet onto the woven fabric.
  • the amount of sizing agent provided to the woven fabric was the same as the amount of sizing agent provided to the yarns used for forming the woven fabric, and fluffs due to the opening and widening were not generated and the surface of the woven fabric was very clean.
  • the woven fabric obtained had a plain weave structure at a density of warps and wefts of 1.0 yarn/cm and the respective widths of the warps and the wefts of 9.5 mm and 9.9 mm, and the widths were enlarged as compared with those of original yarns used for weaving the woven fabric.
  • the respective yarn thicknesses of the wraps and the wefts were 0.080 mm and 0.080 mm
  • the respective ratios of width/thickness were 119 and 124
  • the respective ratios of pitch of threads/width of yarn of the warps and the wefts were 1.00 and 1.01
  • the thickness of the woven fabric was 0.16 mm
  • the weight of the woven fabric was 160 g/m 2
  • the fiber density was 1.00 g/cm 3
  • the width of the woven fabric was 100 cm.
  • the carbon fibers of the flat threads were controlled in a condition where the fibers could be easily moved by releasing of the force of constraint of the fibers by the operation of opening and widening of the warps and wefts, the hook drop value of the warps was 614 mm and that of the weft was 580 mm.
  • the hook drop value was determined by releasing the threads from the obtained woven fabric so that they were not twisted and measuring the value by the method shown in FIG. 1 .
  • this carbon fiber reinforcing woven fabric in a case of a plain weave of densities of warps and wefts of 4.0 yarn/cm using a carbon fiber filamentary yarn of a number of carbon fiber filaments of 3,000 and a size of 1,800 deniers, because the density of the threads was 1/4 as compared with a conventional carbon fiber reinforcing woven fabric having a weight of woven fabric of 160 g/m 2 , the weaving speed of this woven fabric was a high speed of 4 times the conventional woven fabric, and whereby the productivity was remarkably improved.
  • Example 2 Using a carbon fiber filamentary yarn having the same conditions as those of Example 1 other than an amount of provided sizing agent of 1.0 wt.% and a hook drop value of 320 mm, a carbon fiber woven fabric was prepared by the same method and apparatus as those of Example 1.
  • the arrangement densities of warps and wefts, the widths, the thicknesses, the ratios of yarn width/yarn thickness, the ratios of pitch/yarn width of warps and wefts, the thickness of woven fabric, the weight of woven fabric, the fiber density and the hook drop values of warp and weft of the carbon fiber reinforcing woven fabric obtained are shown in Table 1.
  • the surface was depressed at the portions corresponding to the gap portions of the woven fabric and the surface had concavities and convexities, and when the surface of the cross section of a laminated plate was observed by a microscope, the distribution of the carbon fibers was not uniform and many voids were observed.
  • a carbon fiber woven fabric was prepared by the same method and apparatus as those of Example 1 without performing opening and widening of the warps and opening and widening of the warps and wefts of the woven fabric.
  • the arrangement densities of warps and wefts, the widths, the thicknesses, the ratios of yarn width/yarn thickness, the ratios of pitch/yarn width of warps and wefts, the thickness of woven fabric, the weight of woven fabric, the fiber density and the hook drop values of warp and weft of the carbon fiber reinforcing woven fabric obtained are shown in Table 1.
  • the surface was depressed at the portions corresponding to the gap portions of the woven fabric and the surface had concavities and convexities, and when the surface of the cross section of a laminated plate was observed by a microscope, the distribution of the carbon fibers was not uniform and many voids were observed.
  • the CFRP manufactured from a carbon fiber reinforcing woven fabric according to the present invention has a extremely high tensile strength at break, and it indicates a very high tensile elastic modulus which cannot be considered in a conventional substrate of carbon fiber woven fabric.
  • Example 1 Using the same carbon fiber filamentary yarn as that of Example 1, a carbon fiber reinforcing woven fabric having a warp arrangement density of 0.75/cm, a weft arrangement density of 0.75/cm and a weight of woven fabric of 120 g/m 2 was prepared by the same method and apparatus as those of Example 1.
  • the arrangement densities of warps and wefts, the widths, the thicknesses, the ratios of yarn width/yarn thickness, the ratios of pitch/yarn width of warps and wefts, the thickness of woven fabric, the weight of woven fabric, the fiber density and the hook drop values of warp and weft of the carbon fiber reinforcing woven fabric obtained are shown in Table 1.
  • Example 2 Using a carbon fiber filamentary yarn having the same conditions as those of Example 1 other than an amount of provided sizing agent of 1.0 wt.% and a hook drop value of 320 mm, a carbon fiber reinforcing woven fabric having a warp arrangement density of 0.75/cm, a weft arrangement density of 0. 75/cm and a weight of woven fabric of 120 g/m 2 was prepared by the same method and apparatus as those of Example 2.
  • the arrangement densities of warps and wefts, the widths, the thicknesses, the ratios of yarn width/yarn thickness, the ratios of pitch/yarn width of warps and wefts, the thickness of woven fabric, the weight of woven fabric, the fiber density and the hook drop values of warp and weft of the carbon fiber reinforcing woven fabric obtained are shown in Table 1.
  • the reinforcing woven fabric, preform, prepreg and fiber reinforced plastic according to the present invention are extremely useful to uses requiring light-weight and high-strength properties and a high reliability such as various structural materials for aircraft. Further, in the manufacturing method and apparatus according to the present invention, such an excellent reinforcing woven fabric can be manufactured easily and inexpensively.

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  1. Procédé de fabrication d'un tissu tissé de renforcement qui comprend les étapes suivantes :
    (a) une étape de tissage pour tisser le tissu tissé avec des fils de chaîne (Twr) et un fil de trame (Twf) ;
    (b) une étape de fourniture de fil de chaîne pour fournir les fils de chaîne (Twr) à l'étape de tissage ;
    (c) une étape de fourniture de fil de trame pour fournir le fil de trame (Twf) à l'étape de tissage ; et
    (d) une étape de prise pour prendre le tissu tissé qui a été tissé de l'étape de tissage,
    en utilisant des multifilaments plats et sensiblement non tordus de fibre de renforcement ayant une valeur de chute de crochet dans la plage de 400 à 800 mm, au moins en tant que fils de chaîne (Twr),
    dans lequel l'étape de fourniture de fil de chaîne comprend les étapes :
    de passage des fils de chaîne (Twr) à travers un peigne (21) pour maintenir la direction de largeur de chaque fil de chaîne (Twr) sensiblement dans une direction verticale et pour agencer les fils de chaîne (Twr) avec une densité prédéterminée dans une direction d'agencement de fils de chaîne ;
    de passage de chaque fil de chaîne (Twr) à travers des moyens de guidage de fil de chaîne (22, 22a) pour convertir la direction de largeur de chaque fil de chaîne (Twr) de manière à ce qu'elle soit sensiblement dans une direction horizontale ; et
    d'ouverture et d'élargissement de chacun des fils de chaîne (Twr) en faisant osciller les moyens de guidage de fil de chaîne (22a) ; et
    après cela, d'introduction des fils de chaîne (Twr) dans l'étape de tissage.
  2. Procédé de fabrication d'un tissu tissé de renforcement qui comprend les étapes suivantes :
    (a) une étape de tissage pour tisser le tissu tissé avec des fils de chaîne (Twr) et un fil de trame (Twf) ;
    (b) une étape de fourniture de fil de chaîne pour fournir les fils de chaîne (Twr) à l'étape de tissage ;
    (c) une étape de fourniture de fil de trame pour fournir le fil de trame (Twf) à l'étape de tissage ; et
    (d) une étape de prise pour prendre le tissu tissé qui a été tissé de l'étape de tissage,
    en utilisant des multifilaments plats et sensiblement non tordus de fibre de renforcement ayant une valeur de chute de crochet dans la plage de 400 à 800 mm, au moins en tant que fils de chaîne (Twr) ou fil de trame (Twf),
    dans lequel l'étape de prise comprend les étapes :
    de transfert du tissu tissé à des moyens de guidage de tissu tissé (32, 32a), et
    d'ouverture et d'élargissement de chacun des fils de chaîne (Twr) et/ou des fils de trame (Twf) du tissu tissé en faisant osciller les moyens de guidage de tissu tissé (32) ou en injectant un fluide à partir de moyens d'injection de fluide (33) dans le tissu tissé.
  3. Procédé de fabrication d'un tissu tissé de renforcement selon la revendication 1, dans lequel l'étape de prise comprend les étapes :
    de transfert du tissu tissé à des moyens de guidage de tissu tissé (32, 32a), et
    d'ouverture et d'élargissement de chacun des fils de chaîne (Twr) et/ou des fils de trame (Twf) du tissu tissé en faisant osciller les moyens de guidage de tissu tissé (32) ou en injectant un fluide à partir de moyens d'injection de fluide (33) dans le tissu tissé.
  4. Procédé de fabrication d'un tissu tissé de renforcement selon la revendication 2, dans lequel
    l'étape de fourniture de fil de trame (c) comprend la fourniture du fil de trame (Twf) à partir d'une bobine (1) sur laquelle le fil de trame (Twf) est enroulé, à l'étape de tissage,
    lesdits multifilaments plats et sensiblement non tordus de fibre de renforcement sont utilisés en tant que fils de chaîne (Twr) et fil de trame (Twf), et
    dans lequel l'étape de fourniture de fil de chaîne comprend les étapes :
    de passage des fils de chaîne (Twr) à travers un peigne (21) pour maintenir la direction de largeur de chaque fil de chaîne (Twr) sensiblement dans une direction verticale et pour agencer les fils de chaîne (Twr) avec une densité prédéterminée dans une direction d'agencement de fils de chaîne ; et
    après le passage à travers le peigne (21) et avant l'étape de tissage, de passage du fil de chaîne (Twr) à travers des moyens de guidage de fil de chaîne (22, 22a) pour convertir la direction de largeur de chaque fil de chaîne (Twr) de manière à ce qu'elle soit sensiblement dans une direction horizontale, et
    dans lequel l'étape de fourniture de fil de trame comprend les étapes :
    de déroulement du fil de trame (Twf) de la bobine (1) dans une direction radialement extérieure par un rouleau dévideur (3) ;
    de positionnement du fil de trame (Twf) déroulé de la bobine (1) par des moyens de guidage (5, 6, 7) de sorte que la direction de largeur du fil de trame (Twf) soit sensiblement dans une direction horizontale à une position de fourniture de fil de trame à partir de laquelle le fil de trame (Twf) est fourni dans l'étape de tissage ; et
    de stockage de manière intermittente du fil de trame (Twf) déroulé de la bobine (1) entre le rouleau dévideur (3) et les moyens de guidage (5) avec une longueur requise pour un mouvement de fourniture de fil de trame par rapport aux fils de chaîne (Twr) ; et
    de fourniture du fil de trame (Twf) à l'étape de tissage par l'intermédiaire des moyens de guidage (5, 6, 7) dans une condition de tension.
  5. Procédé de fabrication d'un tissu tissé de renforcement selon l'une quelconque des revendications 2 à 4, dans lequel les moyens d'injection de fluide (33) sont mis en oscillation dans une direction le long d'une surface du tissu tissé.
  6. Procédé de fabrication d'un tissu tissé de renforcement selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, dans lequel les multifilaments sont un fil filamentaire de fibre de carbone.
  7. Procédé de fabrication d'un tissu tissé de renforcement selon la revendication 6, dans lequel moins de 0,5 % en poids d'agent d'encollage est fourni au tissu tissé de renforcement.
  8. Appareil de fabrication d'un tissu tissé de renforcement comprenant :
    (a) des moyens de tissage pour tisser le tissu tissé avec des fils de chaîne (Twr) et un fil de trame (Twf) ;
    (b) des moyens de fourniture de fil de chaîne pour fournir les fils de chaîne (Twr) à partir de bobines (20a, 20b) sur chacune desquelles les fils de chaîne (Twr) respectifs sont enroulés aux moyens de tissage :
    (c) des moyens de fourniture de fil de trame pour fournir le fil de trame (Twf) à partir d'une bobine (1) sur laquelle le fil de trame (Twf) est enroulé aux moyens de tissage ; et
    (d) des moyens de prise pour prendre le tissu tissé qui a été tissé des moyens de tissage,
    en utilisant des multifilaments plats et sensiblement non tordus de fibre de renforcement ayant une valeur de chute de crochet dans la plage de 400 à 800 mm, au moins en tant que fils de chaîne (Twr),
    dans lequel les moyens de fourniture de fil de chaîne comprennent :
    un peigne (21) comportant des fils verticaux (21b) pour maintenir la direction de largeur de chaque fil de chaîne (Twr) sensiblement dans une direction verticale et pour agencer les fils de chaîne (Twr) avec une densité prédéterminée dans une direction d'agencement de fils de chaîne ;
    des moyens de guidage de fil de chaîne (22, 22a) pour convertir la direction de largeur de chaque fil de chaîne (Twr) envoyé à partir du peigne (21) de manière à ce qu'elle soit sensiblement dans une direction horizontale ; et
    des moyens d'ouverture et d'élargissement de fil de chaîne pour ouvrir et élargir chaque fil de chaîne (Twr) en faisant osciller les moyens de guidage de fil de chaîne.
  9. Appareil de fabrication d'un tissu tissé de renforcement comprenant :
    (a) des moyens de tissage pour tisser le tissu tissé avec des fils de chaîne (Twr) et un fil de trame (Twf) ;
    (b) des moyens de fourniture de fil de chaîne pour fournir les fils de chaîne (Twr) à partir de bobines (20a, 20b) sur chacune desquelles les fils de chaîne (Twr) respectifs sont enroulés aux moyens de tissage ;
    (c) des moyens de fourniture de fil de trame pour fournir le fil de trame (Twf) à partir d'une bobine (1) sur laquelle le fil de trame (Twf) est enroulé aux moyens de tissage ; et
    (d) des moyens de prise pour prendre le tissu tissé qui a été tissé des moyens de tissage,
    en utilisant des multifilaments plats et sensiblement non tordus de fibre de renforcement ayant une valeur de chute de crochet dans la plage de 400 à 800 mm, au moins en tant que fils de chaîne (Twr) ou fil de trame (Twf),
    dans lequel les moyens de prise comprennent :
    des moyens d'ouverture et d'élargissement de fil de chaîne et/ou de fil de trame pour ouvrir et élargir les fils de chaîne (Twr) et/ou les fils de trame (Twf) du tissu tissé, comprenant un rouleau (32a) inclus dans des moyens de guidage de tissu tissé (32) qui guident et sont en contact avec le tissu tissé, et mis en oscillation, ou des moyens d'injection de fluide (33) qui injectent un fluide dans le tissu tissé.
  10. Appareil de fabrication d'un tissu tissé de renforcement selon la revendication 8, dans lequel les moyens de prise comprennent :
    des moyens d'ouverture et d'élargissement de fil de chaîne et/ou de fil de trame pour ouvrir et élargir les fils de chaîne (Twr) et/ou les fils de trame (Twf) du tissu tissé, comprenant un rouleau (32a) inclus dans des moyens de guidage de tissu tissé (32) qui guident et sont en contact avec le tissu tissé, et mis en oscillation, ou des moyens d'injection de fluide (33) qui injectent un fluide dans le tissu tissé.
  11. Appareil de fabrication d'un tissu tissé de renforcement selon la revendication 9, dans lequel
    lesdits multifilaments plats et sensiblement non tordus de fibre de renforcement sont utilisés en tant que fils de chaîne (Twr) et fil de trame (Twf), et
    dans lequel les moyens de fourniture de fil de chaîne comprennent :
    un peigne (21) comportant des fils verticaux (21b) pour maintenir la direction de largeur de chaque fil de chaîne (Twr) sensiblement dans une direction verticale et pour agencer les fils de chaîne (Twr) avec une densité prédéterminée dans une direction d'agencement de fils de chaîne ; et
    une barre de guidage (22a) incluse dans un guide horizontal (22), convertissant la direction de largeur de chaque fil de chaîne (Twr) envoyé à partir du peigne (21) de manière à ce qu'elle soit sensiblement dans une direction horizontale,
    dans lequel les moyens de fourniture de fil de trame comprennent :
    un rouleau dévideur (3) tournant conformément au fonctionnement d'un arbre principal d'une machine de tissage pour dérouler le fil de trame (Twf) de la bobine (1) dans une direction radialement extérieure à une vitesse constante ;
    des rouleaux de guidage (5, 6, 7) pour positionner le fil de trame (Twf) déroulé de la bobine (1) de sorte que la direction de largeur du fil de trame (Twf) soit sensiblement dans une direction horizontale à une position de fourniture de fil de trame à partir de laquelle le fil de trame (Twf) est fourni dans les moyens de tissage ;
    des moyens de stockage de fil de trame pour stocker le fil de trame (Twf) déroulé de la bobine (1) entre le rouleau dévideur (3) et le rouleau de guidage (5) avec une longueur requise pour un mouvement de fourniture de fil de trame par rapport aux fils de chaîne (Twr) ; et
    des moyens d'application de tension (8) pour maintenir le fil de trame (Twf) envoyé à partir du rouleau de guidage (7) dans une condition de tension.
  12. Appareil de fabrication d'un tissu tissé de renforcement selon l'une quelconque des revendications 9 à 11, dans lequel les moyens d'injection de fluide (33) sont mis en oscillation dans une direction le long d'une surface du tissu tissé.
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